Sec. 651.5011. CHARGING FUNERAL DIRECTOR IN CHARGE WITH VIOLATION. In determining whether to charge a funeral director in charge with a violation based on conduct for which a licensed employee of the funeral establishment was directly responsible, the commission may consider:
(1) the nature and seriousness of the violation;
(2) the extent to which the licensed employee of the funeral establishment whose conduct is the basis of the violation was under the direct supervision of the funeral director in charge or another person at the time the licensed employee engaged in the conduct; and
(3) the causal connection between the supervision of the licensed employee of the funeral establishment by the funeral director in charge and the conduct engaged in by the licensed employee that is the basis of the violation.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 634 (S.B. 864), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle L - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Chapter 651 - Crematory Services, Funeral Directing, and Embalming
Subchapter K. Disciplinary Actions and Procedures and License Denials
Section 651.501. General Disciplinary Powers of Commission
Section 651.5011. Charging Funeral Director in Charge With Violation
Section 651.502. License Denial; Effect of Criminal Conviction
Section 651.5025. Immediate License Revocation; Effect of Certain Felony Convictions
Section 651.5026. Temporary License Suspension or Restriction; Disciplinary Panel
Section 651.503. Warning; Report by License Holder
Section 651.506. Disciplinary Proceedings; Hearing Proceedings
Section 651.5061. Waiver of Hearing by Funeral or Crematory Establishment